hello ftcnt,
I am going to assume that you have signed up with an ADSL-provider.
Unfortunately there arent really any nice tools to help you set up your internet connection that come with slackware.
You mention kppp. However this doesnt work for DSL connections. Best thing to do is use the
rp-pppoe tools, which arent really user friendly IMHO.
Here is how to
set it up (you only need to do this once):
1) Go to the
K-Menu, select
run command.... In the window that pops up, type
konsole. This leaves you with a command line interface (I know, it sucks. As of now there doesnt seem to be a better way, though).
2)Now type
su <enter> and give the root-password (the one that is the most powerful one. Probably not your normal user password, but the extra one. Post back here, if you dont know, what I mean).
3)If this worked without an error, you can now type
adsl-setup <enter>. Now the computer will ask you lots of questions that might sound confusing at times, but except for user-name and password (your ADSL provider must have sent you this information!) the default answers should suffice.
As soon as this finished, you have your internet connection set up successfully.
From then on, any time you want to
go online, you need to repeat steps 1 - 2 and instead of 3 you need to do this:
Type
adsl-start <enter>. As soon as it says
Connected! you are online and can use your normal tools to access the internet.
When you are done, you can
stop the connection:
Type
adsl-stop <enter> where you said
adsl-start before.
I am sorry it is this complicated. Slackware is not made with newbies in mind. Hopefully there will be a better solution soon (maybe
kdsl will become mature enough one of these days).
I hope this has helped you. Come back here if you have more questions.
Good luck,
- drowstar
Not important, but may be nice to know: If you leave the command line thing open after you issued the
adsl-start command, you wont need to repeat steps 1-3 to bring the connection down. Typing
adsl-stop <enter> will suffice.
